Vanity case



March 16 1926.

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Patented Mar. 16, '1926.

UNITED STATES 1576,953 PA'TNT OFFICE.

FRANCIS R. DONAHUE, OF WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOB TO SCOVILL mu'- FACTUEING' COMPANY, OF WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF CON- NECTICUT.

VA'NITY oAsn.

Application filed May 9, 1925. Serial N0. 29,008.

To all whom z't my/ concem:

Be it known that I, FRANoIs R. DONAHUE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Waterbury, county of New Haven, and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vanity Cases, fully described and represented in the following specification and the accompanying drawings, forming a part of the same.

This invention relates to certain improvements in small boxes or cases for holding loose powder, now commonly known as vanity cases.l

In certain types of these cases there is provided a case or box having a bottom and a cover, usually pivotally associated, the bottom forming a compartment for loose powder. This compartment is provided with a fitment formed with a central aperture, and this central aperture is closed by a spring actuated plate` the powder being extracted from this compartment by lightly tapping this plate against the spring.

These Springs have usually been associated with the plate. either loosely or by riveting or soldering. `Where they were looseljyY` associated the user had some 'trouble in reassembling the parts after the fitment was taken out for the refilling of the box with powder. Riveting is expensive and diflicult to do, particularly where the spring is in the form of round wire. Soldering is disadvantageous, in that it is diificult to. do and makes an unattractive piece of work and is liable to corrode.

It is the special object of the present invention to produce an improved means for assembling. the fitment, the distributing plate, and the spring so that these parts may be taken from the box as a unit in refilling, and in which no solder or rivets are used.

With this and other objects notfspecifically referred to, the invent'ion consists in certa-in novel arts, arrangements and combinations'whicii will be fully described in connection with the accompanying drawings and the novel features pointed out` in the claims hereunto annexed.

In these drawings,--

Figure 1 is 'a face view of the "box, the parts being shown in open osition;

Figure 2 is a Vertical lsect1on taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1 on a little larger Scale; Fi re 3 is a. 'seetional plan view taken on the lme 3-3 of Fig. 2, and

selected to illustrate the invention is one f the usual. metal boxes, shown as circular. I

. This Shape, however, is conventional and the inventionis not'to be limited to such a shaped box. The box illustrated includes 'a body or bottom 1 having'side walls 2, this box being closed by a cover 3 pivotally associated with the box body by a hinge 4. The side walls of the box are inset to form a shoulder 5 andl a fiange 6, with which telescopes a fiange 7 on the cover 3, the flange abutting against the shoulder 5 When in tom of 'the box. This flange is slit at opposite sides to form spring projections 11 which are bent outward slightly so that they will snap under Ithe shoulder, before referred to, and hold the member securel'y in the box. This member is or may beformed with a slightly flattened portion 12 from which extends inwardly and downwardly a vwall 13, this wall 13 bein continued vertically, as shown at 14., ooperating with the fixed annular member is a removable member, this removable member having a snug friction fit so as to prevent powder from accidently escaping z'therefrom. A8 shown, this removable member includes a plate havin a wall, the upper portion of which is inc ined or bevelled, as indicated .at 15 in Fig. 4, the inclination of this wall correspondm to the inclination of the upper art of t e wall. V13 of the fixed member. The wall 15 is continued vertically, as (shown -at 16, this Vertical part of the wall having a/snug friction fit within the lower wall 14 of the fixed-member. This construcf ber from the fixed member.

This removable member is provided with a central partition 18 which is sloped gradually'downward, as shown-in Fig. 4,,and is formed with a central distributing opening 19. This opening is closed by a flat plate 20 which is held close against the under surface of the partition 18 by means of a devices whic s ring 21. In accordance with the inven- .tion, this spring, the plate, and the removable part of the fitment are associated so that the can be removed from the box as a' unit without the use of riveting or soldering, and

in the bestconstructions the spring will lbe a a coiled s ring,

as with. such a sp the parts can c eaply'and readily associated inthe manner desiredr While this may be efiected in various ways, intheaparticular construction illustrated the removable member,,below the ar-.

-tition 18, is rovided with inte al hol 'ng i and hold thespring'firmly in position, the

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1th this construction the 'removable loose end of the spring bearing .against the bottom of 'the plate, as` shown in 2.

While thisl inay be accomplished,A in vanous ways, in the articular construction illusti'ated .the wa 16 of 4the removable lmember is slit, as indicated at 22' in Fig. 4, and

referably on opposite sides, as shown m ig. 3, to provide spring tongues, which may be bent upwardly to 'enclose a coil of the spring. As shown, there are two of 'the spring ton es, 22,23, one of the tongues, ass22, hol m .the end of the spr' 24 of the spring he 'x, and the other, 23, old' the coil on the oppoeite side. The free en 25 of the helix bears againstgthe bottom of member, the distributing plate, and the spring' cant be readily and cheaply associated in a unitary structure of neat appearance,

engage a coil 'o the spring' and in which the use of rivets or solder is obviated. While the particular means shown for holding the spring in position is fore, is not to be restricted to the exact construction shown and described.

What I claim is: .I w

1. Ina vanity box, the combination of a body and a cover, a fitment in the body having a distributing opening, a plate closing the opening, a spring bearing at one end a ainst the plate and tending to press the p ate into engagement with the fitment, and means integral with the` fitment' for associating the spring` therewith, whereby the fitment, the plate and the spring m'ay be removed from and replaced in the box as a 2. In a Vanity box, the combination of a body and a cover, a fitment in the body having an oening andv provided with a dependmg ange, a plate closing below the olpening,a spring bearing atone end against t e plate and tending to press the late into engagement with the fitment, an .holding clips formed by slitting and bending up portions 'of the flange for engaging the s ring and positively associating it with the tment, whereby the fitment, the plate and the s ring may be removed from and replace in the box as a unit. J

3. In a vanity box, the combination of a body and a cover, a fitment'in the body having an openin and a depending flange, a

late closing t e o ning, a hehcal sprin aring at one emi against the plate an tendin to press lthe plate into e agement with t e fitment, and clips form by slitting the flange and bending itI up around a coi of the spring for positively associating the spring and t e fitment, whereby the fitment, the plate and the .spring may be re- In testimony wheieof, have hereunto set my hand. i

FRANCIS R. DONAHUE.

`moved from and replaced in the box as a .unit 9' 

